Destructive goal pursuit : the Mount Everest disaster

Author(s)

• Kayes, D. Christopher

Bibliographic Information

Destructive goal pursuit : the Mount Everest disaster

D. Christopher Kayes

Palgrave Macmillan, 2006

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Leaders extol the value of pursuing challenging goals, but evidence suggests that this leads to disaster as often as success. Drawing upon real-life stories, including the Mount Everest Climbing Disaster, the author shows how destructive goal pursuit can cause the breakdown of learning in teams and calls for rethinking the role of the leader.

Table of Contents

Introduction PART I: EVEREST AND DESTRUCTIVE GOAL PURSUIT The 1996 Mt. Everest Climbing Disaster Destructive Goal Pursuit The Problem of Goalodicy The Limits of Leadership The Breakdown of Learning in Teams PART II: OVERCOMING DESTRUCTIVE GOAL PURSUIT Learning Teamwork Ethical Decision-Making PART III: REMEDIES: EVEREST AS A SOURCE OF LEARNING ABOUT LEADERSHIP From Destructive to Productive Pursuit Rethinking the Role of Leader

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• NCID: BA81457469
• ISBN:
  • 023000332X
• LCCN: 2006045367
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xxiii, 184 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HF5549.5.G6
  • DC22 : 658.4/092
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Goal setting in personnel management
  • LCSH : Leadership
  • LCSH : Teams in the workplace
  • LCSH : Mountaineering accidents -- Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)